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			<![CDATA[Hello everyone and thank you for tuning into Ollie and Shay's 'Great Escape'.
After years of dreaming and saving we still can't believe that the time has finally arrived. We are (finally) unemployed and about to embark on the trip of a lifetime. But first we have six weeks in Norway to spend Christmas with Ollie's family and New Years with friends. We will be making the most of this quiet time to brush up on our Spanish and get last minute items ticked off the list.... in between cold water surf sessions, of course!
THE road trip starts on the 16th Jan 2009 with the starting point being San Francisco. Our plan is to buy &quot;La Casita Viajera&quot; (little house that travels), which will be our transportation and home for the next seven months. Once set up with our ride, we will travel through California, detouring off track to visit Sin City, Grand Canyon and the nostalgic Route 66. Then its across the border into Baja California - bandido territory. We will cross the Sea of Cortez by ferry to mainland Mexico and continue our journey of surf and cerveza's even further south, eventually ending up in Panama.
Next stop on the Round-the-World ticket will be Samoa in the South Pacific, a good opportunity to recharge the batteries and get into island life before heading to New Zealand, where we will see in 2010 with Shay's family.
All things going well, we will be heading back to the northern hemisphere early 2010, with a short city break in Tokyo on the way back.
So with that, all that you need to do now is to sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.....

ROADTRIP STATISTICS


Miles Driven: America's-10'000 (16'093 km), NZ-4'971 (8'000 km)


Countries Visited: 12


Federale/Military Checkpoints: 39


Flat Tyres: 2 (both in NZ)


Truck Guests: 21 (Van Guests NZ: 6)


Surf Sessions: 143 (North &amp; Central America 114, Samoa 8, NZ 21)


Cold Beers: lost count


Pies Eaten: too many


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			<title><![CDATA[Tokyo, Japan]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[The colourful, bustling city of Tokyo was to be the final stop on our year long trip. We were looking forward to immersing ourselves in a vibrant city, mixing new and trendy with old and historical. W...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Kiwi Xmas  And  New Year, New Zealand]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[The weather-man had predicted sunshine for the 25th December 2009 and this was just perfect for the Kiwi Christmas we had planned. This year was going to be extra special; Shay was back to enjoy the f...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hangin With The Roberts', New Zealand]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[December had arrived in New Zealand and there was no more excuses; where the hell was summer! We were getting nervous, after the rain and mud chaos of our last road-trip with the Roberts in England, w...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alfhild Tags Along, New Zealand]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Finally, Aotearoa. The plane circled round the Manukau Harbour and prepared to land. We were over an hour late and somewhere down there, there was some very anxious parents awaiting our arrival. Shay...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Upolo  And  Savai'i, Samoa]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[As we sped down the bumpy track in the back of the ute, we could see the tsunami wave rushing into the bay of Aganoa. Within minutes villages and holiday resorts in Samoa were levelled to the ground a...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stahlratte  And  Cartagena, Colombia]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[All seven sails where set on the 106 year old ship as we sailed towards Colombia from the remote shores of San Blas, Panama. Paradise islands, seafood feasts and surreal moonlit evenings watching wave...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panama City, Panama]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Panama was all about getting the truck sold. We handed the truck over to a Finnish family and in return they gave us two thick bundles of dollars and a day in paradise.　The moment we entered Panama we...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jaco, Matapalo  And  Pavones, Costa Rica]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Southern Costa Rica did not disappoint us. We experienced the party central of Jaco and enjoyed the opening days of the World Surfing Games. We immersed ourselves within the vibrant jungle on the remo...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guanacaste And Monteverde, Costa Rica]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Deserted beaches surrounded by dense green rain forest, squawking mawcaw parrots waking us up early in the morning, miles and miles of surfing shorelines, and exploring the Monteverde cloud forest fro...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ollies Point, Costa Rica]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Scoring epic waves at the world famous Ollie's Point, the sort that only come about five times a year, propelled it straight to the top of our &quot;best of&quot; waves list. Ollie surfing Ollie's Poi...]]>
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